The A
ir Force yesterday announced the latest of its Total Force Integration initiatives, each affecting reserve and active units in Arkansas, Georgia, New York, and Tennessee. Starting with Tennessee, the Air National Guard’s 118th Airlift Wing will have a flying mission, but it won’t be the new Joint Cargo Aircraft, as some state officials expected. Instead, USAF plans to make the 118th AW into a formal training unit that would instruct foreign air forces on the operation and maintenance of C-130s. The unit still loses its current C-130H aircraft, as directed by BRAC 2005, but it gains WC-130H aircraft. For New York, as we reported earlier, USAF plans to have ANG’s 107th Air Refueling Wing link up with Air Force Reserve Command’s 914th Airlift Wing to fly and maintain the 914th’s C-130s. In Georgia, AFRC’s 94th Airlift Wing will give up its FTU status and enter the service’s air expeditionary force rotation. And, in Arkansas, the active 314th Airlift Wing will add the training load from the 94th AW and expand its C-130J training duties to include international partners.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
